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Bring that team together to bring to the
president at the best options for action
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to see to the safety and well being
and healthy American people the Trump
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administration has asked for
24500000000 dollars to fight the virus
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a figure many in Congress think it's too
low more than 80000 people worldwide have
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been infected with the virus
in nearly 3000 have died
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a gunman opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee's
Molson Coors brewery complex killing
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5 people before taking his own
life the gunman was identified as
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a 51 year old Milwaukee man employed by
the company Tom Barrett is the mayor of
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Milwaukee there was
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a horrific shooting that has occurred we're
urging all residents and people in this
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area to stay away from this area simply
because of traffic diversions and things
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like that before Wednesday's shooting there
had been 3 mass killings nationwide in
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2020 with 12 total victims all have been
shootings for more on any of today's top
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news go to v.o.a. News dot com
You're listening to v.o.a.
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News. A federal appeals court is siding
with the Trump administration's stand on
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grant money for so-called sanctuary cities
he said Downey report the ruling by the
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2nd Circuit in Manhattan says the
administration can hold back law enforcement
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grants to 4 states to cooperate with
immigration enforcement it reverses
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a lower court's decision ordering the
administration to release funding to New York
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City and 7 states federal appeals courts
in Chicago Philadelphia and San Francisco
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have ruled against the federal government
in similar cases the Justice Department
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called the decision
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a major victory for Americans the American
Civil Liberties Union says this is the
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government's attempt to bowl
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a cudgel and Cold War state and local
governments to participate in federal
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immigration enforcement at Donohue Washington
hospital official in New Delhi says
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at least 20 people have been killed in the
Indian capital during violent clashes
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between Hindu and Muslim groups over
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a new citizenship law Reuters Soraya
reports New Delhi Police used tear gas and
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smoke grenades to disperse stone throwing
crowds the. Hospital officials told
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Reuters they had treated as
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a 200 people since the fighting 1st
intensified on Monday many suffering severe
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injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
broke his silence on the mass on Wednesday
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appealing for peace between Hindus and
Muslims. Below announced by making
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nationalist government makes it easier
for the non Muslims from neighboring
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countries to gain Indian citizenship.
It has reignited longstanding tensions
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between the country's Hindu and minority
miss the group that is Reuters Soraya
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reporting 5 time Grand Slam tennis champion
Maria Sharapova who became one of the
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highest paid women in all of sports has
announced her retirement at the age of 32
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A.P.'s Jennifer King reported
already share a pope
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a burst onto the scene at 17 when she won
Wimbledon in 2004 and gathered 5 grand
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slam titles with her blog. Hair and
trademark grunt share a pub it was as big
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a star as tennis had making millions of
dollars in sponsorship deals sure oppose
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rivalry was Serina Williams was supposed
to be one for the ages but it became so
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one sided it can hardly be called
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a rivalry with sharp over winning just 2
of her 22 battles with Williams Jared
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Polis suffered
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a serious shoulder injury in 2008 and was
dogged by injuries to her thigh wrist and
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shoulder she hinted at leaving at the
Australian Open in 2019 you realise that
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you're non-moral you're never going to
play her for ever and an essay written for
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Vanity Fair in vogue about her decision to
retire she asked How do you leave behind
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the only life you've ever
known I'm Jennifer King
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a mixed day on Wall Street is jitters about
the spreading of the coronavirus made
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investors nervous the Dow Jones Industrials
dropped point 46 percent the s. And p.
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500 fell point 38 percent but the Nasdaq
gained point 17 percent from Washington
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I'm Jim Berto v.o.a.
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News.
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Good morning Africa world come to daybreak
Africa for the Voice of America James
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but in Washington today is Thursday February
27th and here are some of the stories
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we are covering the u.s.
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Embassy urges the election commission
to make public results from all polling
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stations to keep in mind the
quite good news because.
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They were made. On the
eve. Of President Bush
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pulling the age of influence from promptly
rejected by chemical is the spokesperson
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for total ease opposition coalition
candidate. Opposition parties hold talks for
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a possible allies about militants of
kill 42 teachers in northeast take
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a young in the past 5 years for the
1st time allows an informal visit of
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a un envoy on text for judicial killings
and residents of Sudan's war torn Darfur
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while come from a president
bad she is a possible i.c.c.
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Trial. Has been
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a. Shift to the International Criminal
Court because they seem distant and also
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included in between the warring groups and
peace talks to victims of genocide and
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historical repression best report
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a number movie day in Khartoum and is
in Babel economics graduate says the
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situation is
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a move China is getting desperate Villa's
stories and more coming up on Daybreak
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Africa.
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Togo's opposition coalition led by its
candidate. Says it welcomes a u.s.
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Embassy statement calling on the electoral
commission to make public results of all
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polling stations particularly those being
contested by the opposition so as to
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ensure transparency. In
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a statement Wednesday the embassy
congratulated Italy's people for
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a peaceful election the opposition says it
wants the election although the election
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commission declared president for
nothing by the window Brigette our demo
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spokesperson for opposition coalition Canada
Kojo says the Us embassy statement is
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good news because the opposition has been
demanding full results of all polling
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stations to be published facts they
congratulated people vote they said
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everybody went to vote peacefully and
then they were cleaning up from and
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to ensure that believe all the
have already published and
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that time contested by job our country did
they are asking the government to ensure
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that boon for these drugs and each
could be in station to ensure
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transparency Finally Jim they regret
that fact about some people feel sorry
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for the groups we chopped last for their
version of the election have been denied
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to be applied to them because.
They didn't tell them
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that there is
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a group supported by the end and
then big government we've called but
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the good supported by and the faith we
do not give you the right to observe
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and treatment very great the physician
from the gov What does that mean in.
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These states events it's quite
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a good new father because our walk on
the day. We were May had asked the
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fall for this publication of
count each police station in
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view of transparency we actually got.
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They don't come from what.
They're not calling. The luck.
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Of the. Bad. Do you think the
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government is going to do what the u.s.
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Embassy is asking for and what if the
government doesn't because the government
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said the president for not simply
one day election by 72 percent.
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Of the. Want.
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Can't vote and if the
government know what.
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To. Buy.
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It's very simple it's.
Too late that's what.
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Then they're not publish. And everybody.
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Brigette I got mobile is the spokesperson
for total ease of position coalition
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candidate a bio she was speaking
with us from the capital loamy
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a mile away the leader of the opposition
united transformation movement u.t.m.
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Party. Says he is willing to enter into
an alliance with anyone as long as he and
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that person on a common cause there comes
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a day after President Peter Reka and his
ruling progressive Democratic Party the
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d.p.p. Enter into an alliance with a
United Democratic Front or you d f u
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d f party for the May 90 constitutional
court ordered presidential election they
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have been room months that the u.t.m.
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And demand our Congress party of last row
have. Well didn't talk feel it possible
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alliance u.t.m. Spokesperson.
Says the u.t.m.
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Has it tough for us to engage them and I
would Congress party. Made it very clear
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that we need to listen to the ears all
the people I think the people out there
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white on the legal citizens
but I think before we make
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a decision we need to have if I
understand why didn't I live civil at
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a time that it's really we need to
understand so that's why we have a team like
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a task force from outside that will
engage. In my work on the spot to
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begin talking so how soon how much time
do you have before the people of Malawi
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know that tell us there's going to be
this allow us the right time of course
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uniting Betty I mean it's made 19
states for the Poles I mean really we
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have 60 days before that for cutting which
means companies going to start $28.00 on
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the basis of much so we have like 2 from
now so before we didn't pay to go up to
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those so all these things that we were
talking about how to finalize before I made
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the tape that was about I saw an article
where President I think he made
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a comment to say he is going to
we now more than 50 plus one.
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Is entitled to his opinion but I think
it's out of desperation I mean why didn't
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you read it if people that's
what they felt it was
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a lecture where it is future because they
say if you knew that there are going to
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go so I'll cover to get 50
percent of these time or
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a little bit person that you
have. 200000 of all if you put
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adequately really for everything you talk
to people and the power to die has been
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yes he's looked. At
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a period of about 200000.
200004 their Warney with.
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No way they can get the 60 plus ones one
thing that I think has led to downfall of
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coalition building Africa has been the
ability of one party to give way to the
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other it seems odd that whenever
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a coalition be mission tell us something
one of the parties want to insist to be
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president is next case do you think your
leader Mr and Mr Quinn raw can they
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reach
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a compromise in terms of what can be on top
of the ticket for that we all know that
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you need one of the issues that you know
really it is to not working the way that I
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was being but I think you know what we
all say before we even start sharing
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positions because it is that said inquisitions
and you're going to mystical point
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what we're saying is they just saw what was
right and find out from that what is it
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that people want us to do if you're willing
to so those issues really big issues
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over who's going to be about why I'm going
to be don't want to look I don't think
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that could be issued. Just have to Dante
my lawn guy is the spokesperson for the
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United transformation movement partit led
by Vice Presidents all those who are
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speaking with us from their capital long
way you're listening to daybreak Africa on
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the Voice of America James Butty in
Washington today is Thursday February 27th
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daybreak Africa Time 14 and
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a half minutes past the hour Sudan's
decision this month that formal officials
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including ousted president Omar al Bashir
would face trial in the National Criminal
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Court has been welcomed by people in the
war torn Darfur region the charges against
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Bashir and 3 others include genocide and
war crimes committed in Darfor after Civil
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War broke out there in 2003 by Sudanese
officials have also indicated that they
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trial might not take place in the Hague not
imo he daily reports from South Sudan.
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Lisa was 2 older years old when leashes
attacked his village in east wind up 14
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years ago killing his father and cousins
forcing the rest of the family to flee for
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their lives he has been living for the
past decade in Wister incidents come
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a camp the largest in there for 4 internally
displaced people with and is to make
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it held me and residents like most victims
of the war in the 4 he said blames
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former president Omar al Bashir was
government for the conflict which the u.n.
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Says has left 130-0000 people dead
and 2500000 displaced since 2003 the
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war that broke out in that for between
this within his government and 3 rebel
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groups quickly turned ethnic as mainly out
of militias targeted black Africans but
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peace is slowly returning to that for us
rebels on the government having Gagin
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talks during peace talks with the 4
rebels on February 11th the Sudanese
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delegations agreed that all
those wanted by the i.c.c.
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Should be handed over to stand trial for
genocide on war crimes charges in the 4
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for the displaced like Isa seeing
Bashir on trial of the i.c.c.
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Would bring some comfort to
families like his. Days handing the
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ship to the International Criminal Court
could as she just tears and also build
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confidence between the warring groups in
peace talks the victims of genocide and
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historical repression not to mention the
refugees and displaced people say is isa
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good feel just as if Bashir
goes on trial the i.c.c.
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Toward Bashir with Quine's in the fore in
2009 but to then refused to recognize the
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courts or thought Sudanese officials have
indicated while the trial might be in
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front of the i.c.c.
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It might not take place in the Hague
information minister Feisal Sali told the
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Reuters News Agency handing over which was
one option Another option would be the
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i.c.c. Coming to Sudan
he said or the 2 forming
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a hybrid court one of
the Hughes lawyers in
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a lab the Mohammad argues students
courts should have jurisdiction and are
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qualified to handle any case related
to the. For rather with us workers. I
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would never use if there was any accusations
against the former president he say's
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the trial should be in Sudan and there
is an independent judicial system
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a link to crimes in there for conflict
including genocide and war crimes are
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included in Sudanese low Ses Mohammed
binding Sudan to the International Criminal
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Court is not a legal issue but
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a political one he ses and they were legally
resisted but she has supporters have
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protested handing him to the i.c.c.
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Saying it would be against that sovereignty
and the dignity of the army which to be
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hugh commanded for 3 decades military
officers incidents transitional government
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serving in the death for
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a conflict on the stand accused of rights
abuses General Mohammed have done the
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glue
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a former brigade commander in the didn't do
it militia that is accused of mass killings
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and raving that for the deputy chairman
of Sudan's ruling sovereign consul the
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Sudanese professional association s.p.
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a Which led the protest against Bashir
stroll argues students Loz on course are not
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fit to prosecute the former president or
others for war crimes but she who was
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ousted by the military rule after months
of protest has already face trial in Sudan
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and in December was sentenced to just 2
years in prison for Russian for their force
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displaced victims like isa the i.c.c.
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May be their only hope for justice.
For viewing news for Sudan 42
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teachers from North have been killed by the
militia group al-Shabaab in the past 5
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years according to the teachers Service
Commission as Mario jumble reports from
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Nairobi the commission says not local
teachers in the region are not safe and as
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such have withdrawn their services. Local
teachers working in northeastern parts of
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the country have been camping out
this commission in Nairobi for
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a while until they appear not to walk in
the region was hired and yesterday when
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his day but it is Service Commission
maintained that it will not post to not if the
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security situation is not fixed speaking
before the parliamentary Education
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Committee Commission's chief executive of
his son told the legislatures that the
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right to life supersedes the right to
education and called on the government to
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improve security in the region in the last
5 years we have the courage to ensure it
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is
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a help. And I think they're going to
make us happy that way we believe Draghi
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to think again and said he didn't want
to impose in fact is he's been given to
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people we have good teachers still in the
same region the commission had already
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with
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a draw on some teachers from the region and
urging leaders to encourage more of the
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low costs to train as teachers so they don't
need to demand for non-local teachers
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education cabinet secretary said that
while the matter of transfer is affecting
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locals it's
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a fact that innocent Kenyans have died and
they're not on parts of their country
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and the targeting of man
can't be downplayed if.
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It is. In the news. If it.
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Is every jail. Teachers.
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On the other hand inspector general of
police he let in with them I said that the
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government will deploy more police officers
in Northeast and in the next 2 months
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despite the fact that they have also lost
and I. Number of police officers in the
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area during the intervention we have to
work with them their leaders have to talk
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to their people 100 people who are going
to say duty for us to be able to root out
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this thing but that is us and the local
element who are assisting I'm sure Bob to
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try to get those people can see that I'm
not from that place you know that is
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tanking especially in the
counties all for g.m.
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And Garrison have been
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a hotbed of terror claiming hundreds of
life ranging from. All sensor killer to
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offices and however much the commission
is insisting on with the drawing teachers
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from the area employment and Labor Relations
Court Judge Hill and I said well I
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stopped the move temporarily following
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a successful at placation by Jose rare
0 who claims the massive transfer is
00:20:50
discriminatory because it affects some
areas in the region that have not
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experienced terror related issues reporting
for fear is daybreak Africa I am Moreno
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jumble in Arabic Kenya has for the 1st
time allowed the informal visit of a u.n.
00:21:08
Envoy extrajudicial summary
of arbitrary educations. If
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fresh human rights expert met with relatives
of police killings in Nairobi Sloan's
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where hundreds of cases have left
relatives and friends of victims feeling
00:21:25
powerless. Reports from Nairobi
60 year old ever lost 2 of its
00:21:32
children in 2018 just months apart when
police in broad daylight shot them dead she
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admits has got into some trouble but she
says it was nothing that would warrant
00:21:44
They use of lethal force or
said Well but. I don't like
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she says robot had never been arrested of
taken to jail no one ever called to tell
00:21:56
me he had been arrested or taken someone's
car all I know is that my son had. If
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you're on team he would beat you up did
my 2nd son there was nothing major he had
00:22:06
done maybe getting into little fights
here and there they did that just 2 of
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hundreds of cases the police killings that
Ken rights groups have documented this
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month are quite legion of Kenyan rights
groups reported for use last the island
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killed a 107 people most of them young
poor men in slums shot to bit at
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a suspicious by constant. Training
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a mouse it's on the board of Amnesty
International Kenya when we stop recognize.
00:22:36
These these down these exegetical killings
when we say that nothing is changing and
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devil we will not documented we
acquiesce. To these killings
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Prescot accuse Kenya's independent policing
oversight authority of not doing enough
00:22:53
to stop the killings I posses
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a 100 in $42.00 cases from last year are
under investigation but admits only 6
00:23:01
police officers have been sent to the public
prosecutor who says few witnesses are
00:23:06
willing to come forward noting hygene is
kinesthetic that of Public Prosecutions we
00:23:12
have community outreach
and yet reaching out to
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a lot of these communities who are being
affected by this problem and trying to
00:23:18
sensitize them trying to Oscar to ask them
to be more boiled in terms of giving us
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the evidence we are trying to. Make
them. Understand their rights.
00:23:32
To access the justice and how they can do
that can get this month for the 1st time
00:23:37
allowed the informal visit of the UN's
envoy on extrajudicial somebody on
00:23:42
a bridge to the executions Agnes Cullum odd
she met relatives of police victims in
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their o.b.e.
00:23:47
In Mombasa and she called in Kenyan authorities
to do more we're not done recently
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barely know investigation. Barely know one
thing here and there you know you can
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feel that. 2nd killing and not killing
in the killing of our society.
00:24:07
Seems. Let me the victims hope the u.n.
00:24:11
Envoy visit will help advance the wheels
of justice made away activists say they'll
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keep documented and publishing police
killings until they no longer have to do so
00:24:22
right on board for v.o.a.
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News. Economics graduate blessing she
remarked says the situation will highlight
00:24:30
China which is the epicenter of the coronavirus
is getting desperate the prices of
00:24:35
basic commodities skyrocketing
and most students become
00:24:39
a destitute as their bank accounts are
running dry children on graduate the January
00:24:44
and was due to return to Zimbabwe
before she was caught up in
00:24:48
a coronavirus logged on to renounce says
she and other Zimbabweans in China I
00:24:54
appeal into the Harare government for
financial assistance to buy food and other
00:25:00
basic necessities. This situation
I can say is really tough
00:25:07
in one not only as students but both also
our feelings about when we have been away
00:25:12
came here in one there's been working for
them so that they can kid us with their
00:25:17
food stuff and some other things but you
find out now it's difficult for them
00:25:23
they're not waking they're not doing anything
and it's really difficult for them to
00:25:29
make ends meet it's really difficult for
them to get money to buy some food stuffs
00:25:33
and also for these now expenses take us
through your day to day activities What do
00:25:40
you do daily since the column
of a that was announced
00:25:43
a pandemic and also I you know allowed to
move freely and not even allowed to move
00:25:49
always indoors each and every day I woke
up at 8 and then in don't I don't go
00:25:56
anywhere the only thing I can do is to
be in here and you know because of this
00:26:02
situation you end up panicking you know and
it's all that the only thing you can do
00:26:08
is to just say he knows nothing else at the
moment how are the other 4 in that from
00:26:14
other African countries they're holding up
how many Zimbabweans who do use the idea
00:26:19
for the remote when I can say maybe
roughly 352 foreign great contending some
00:26:25
other people from some other countries I
can say the situation is just the same for
00:26:31
us all but for some other countries you
can see that they're receiving help from
00:26:37
their government and from maybe their fellow
countrymen I can think so if they have
00:26:44
such kind of help I can say we did 10 good
for them because it's really helpful but
00:26:50
when you come to
00:26:51
a situation like this in Dublin you can
see that things are very talented because
00:26:56
right now I'm just inviting receiving money
from home and it was good before it was
00:27:03
. Good because before things were
really cheap like food but now you find
00:27:10
food stuff very very expensive so like
it's really good if we can really have
00:27:17
help made from the government or from
some other fellow's mumblings. That was
00:27:22
a blessing to remount isn't bubbly in
Beijing will hunt China speaking with
00:27:26
reporters. Of view isn't bubbly service
briefly before we leave you summary of
00:27:32
Africa news Togo's opposition coalition
led by its candidate about Yomi said it
00:27:37
welcomes
00:27:38
a us embassy statement calling on the
told police Electoral Commission to make
00:27:42
public results of all polling stations
particularly those being contested by the
00:27:47
opposition so as to assure transparency
and that is it for this Thursday February
00:27:52
27th edition of daybreak Africa on behalf
of the daybreak Africa crew producer
00:27:57
Nicole Beck for reporters Peter Clottey
rakish truck and James Buddy Washington
00:28:02
wishing you
00:28:03
a very good day. Joining us Larry London.
00:28:10
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only on The Voice of America.
00:29:15
Today is Thursday February 27th and this
is via ways international edition I'm
00:29:21
Steve Miller in Washington
coming up the w.h.o.
00:29:24
Said that while there was ample reason to
be concerned about the coronavirus don't
00:29:29
rush to call it's
00:29:30
a pandemic every day sensible measures
that we tell people to do every year with
00:29:35
the flu are important here covering your
cough. Staying home when you're sick
00:29:43
and washing your hands plus after 19 years
of conflict in Afghanistan the war there
00:29:49
may be finally coming to an end
and replacing an organ with
00:29:52
a printed one those stories and
more are all next. World Health
00:29:59
Organization Director General
Dr Tadros added Gregory
00:30:02
a Says said on Wednesday China reported
78 thousands 190 cases to the w.h.o.
00:30:09
Including 2718 deaths only 2 new cases
were reported in China outside of
00:30:16
a province globally the number of confirmed
corona virus cases stands at 81109
00:30:23
with 43 deaths affecting
00:30:25
a total of 37 countries but Dr Tadros
issued this caution the increase in cases
00:30:31
outside China has prompted some
media and politicians to push for
00:30:35
a pandemic to be declared he said they
would not be too eager to declare
00:30:40
a pandemic without careful and clear
minded analysis of the facts the w.h.o.
00:30:45
Has already declared
00:30:47
a public health emergency of international
concern that's the highest level of
00:30:51
alarm they're there to Taylor said using
the word pandemic carelessly has no
00:30:56
tangible benefits but it does have
significant risk in terms of amplifying
00:31:01
unnecessarily and unjustified fear and
stigma and paralyzing systems that every way
00:31:07
show will not hesitate to use the word.
If it is accurate in description of the
00:31:12
situation Gilliard sciences incorporated
on Wednesday said it had started to late
00:31:17
stage studies to test its drug and patterns
with in patients with the corona virus
00:31:23
beginning in March the studies will test
the drug approximately among 1000 patients
00:31:28
at medical centers primarily across Asian
countries as well as in other countries
00:31:33
with
00:31:33
a high number of diagnosed cases Dr Anthony
found the director of the National Institute
00:31:38
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases in the u.s.
00:31:41
Explained that even with trials
occurring now it could be
00:31:44
a year or more before they're ready
for consumers from a sequence of
00:31:50
a virus to
00:31:51
a trial it still would not be any
applicable to the epidemic unless we really
00:31:58
wait about a year to a year and
00:32:00
a half now that means 2 things one the
answer to containing is public health
00:32:06
measures we can't be law in a vaccine
over the next several months to
00:32:11
a year however if this virus which we
have every reason to believe it is quite
00:32:17
conceivable that it will
happen will go beyond just
00:32:20
a season and come back in the cycle next
year if that's the case we hope to have
00:32:26
a vaccine us President Donald Trump spoke
Wednesday evening naming vice president
00:32:31
Mike Pence as the point person in his
administration for the covert 1000 outbreak
00:32:35
He also reiterated that far more people
die annually of the flu than have the of
00:32:41
the coronavirus thus far the Center for
Disease Control interventions and shook it
00:32:46
said the best way to guard against the
covert 19 is the same way one does against
00:32:51
the flu covering your cough. Staying
home when you're sick and washing your
00:32:57
hands. Tried and True not very
exciting measures but really important
00:33:04
ways that you can prevent the spread of
respiratory viruses. In South Korea the
00:33:11
United States and the Republic of Korea
the South's official name announced
00:33:15
Thursday they would postpone upcoming joint
military exercises until further notice
00:33:20
do the Cove in $1000.00 outbreak
00:33:22
a statement announcing the decision said
it was not made lightly and that their
00:33:26
alliance remains iron clad as
00:33:28
a novel coronavirus continues to spread
beyond China health officials in Europe are
00:33:32
ramping up efforts to contain the virus
in care for patients the European Union
00:33:37
Health Minister Stella Carey Kiedis and the
World Health Organization officials met
00:33:41
Wednesday with
00:33:42
a talent officials in Rome to discuss the
outbreak in Italy the worst so far in
00:33:46
Europe earlier my colleague Cape Town
Dawson spoke with reporter Nicholas Pineau
00:33:52
who's been following the outbreak from
Paris belated us from France when the.
00:33:58
Person died last night and the funny thing
about the patient who died is that he's
00:34:05
the patient. He was 60 of those and
he did not go to any room that
00:34:12
consumed by divide will not travel to China
95 of the French authorities trying to
00:34:19
see where he got contaminated
and of also a not
00:34:23
a patient here pretty critical of the
right now and again he did not travel.
00:34:31
But now want to get
00:34:33
a bite of virus Also today new
Rob Green we've mentioned he's.
00:34:40
Ok And also we have now 12. Which is
00:34:46
right now the most concerning for you right
now European health ministers and other
00:34:53
government officials have been meeting in
talking in the past few days about the
00:34:59
virus What are they talking about what are
they saying you're right they met week
00:35:05
you need only to try to
level up right. By be.
00:36:23
The concern with the public.
00:36:30
Health experts. Exactly and also something
that's been mentioned right now you
00:36:36
don't have any travel ban to China you
don't have any travel bans you really for
00:36:40
example so people do go but when they come
back and they travel to certain zone.
00:36:47
Where the virus is very accurate then they
can be played so you have somebody in
00:36:52
your own versioning French people thing
maybe we should prevent people from
00:36:56
traveling to you know. Trying to create
quarantine when people come back now as
00:37:02
journalists Nicholas Pino in Paris speaking
with delays Cape Town Dawson after
00:37:09
19 years of
00:37:10
a grueling conflict that has claimed the
lives of more than 100000 people the war
00:37:15
in Afghanistan may be finally coming
to an end so far all sides seem to be
00:37:20
respecting an agreement to reduce violence
00:37:23
a partial truce that came into effect last
Saturday but as we always Aisha Tanzim
00:37:28
reports said initial political crisis has
threatened to derail the process this
00:37:33
summer pull check post on the Kabul Kandahar
highway used to constantly be under
00:37:38
attack by the polyphonic since the start
of the partial truth the soldiers guarding
00:37:44
the post are breathing
00:37:46
a sigh of relief. To face relentless attacks
every day Every night we faced immense
00:37:52
difficulties now things are much better
the same is true for some keepers in the
00:37:58
Rani bazaar and one of that province they've
even increased their business I was I
00:38:04
used to close my shop if you're
worried about now that there is
00:38:07
a ceasefire I close my shop at 6 pm to
go and have not heard any gunfire last
00:38:12
Friday after 19 years of war the United
States and the Taliban agreed to
00:38:17
a weeklong partial truths at the end
of it if all goes well they will sign
00:38:24
a deal on the 29th of February and cut
there's capital Doha the deal outlines
00:38:30
a road map for the Woodrow. All of Us
troops from Afghanistan one of President
00:38:36
Donald Trump's campaign promise else we
don't want to talk it also requires the
00:38:41
polygon to negotiate with other cons
including the government on the future
00:38:46
direction of their countrymen.
In Washington u.s.
00:38:50
Secretary of state Mike pump ales said
Tuesday July the goal is to reach an OS
00:38:55
consul Lucian and our mission set is
very clear we want to assist and provide
00:39:01
structure so that the Afghans can all to
make it an outcome that is led by Afghanis
00:39:06
driven by Afghanis and has
00:39:07
a long term solution that all the people
of Afghanistan can live with but the
00:39:11
upcoming government is in turmoil following
presidential elections in which 2
00:39:16
candidates incumbent a
chef funny and rival
00:39:20
a boomer I do love have declared.
The bitter standoff comes at
00:39:25
a time when I ask on politicians should
be building consensus on how to negotiate
00:39:30
with the polygon says analyst Michael
Kugler and yet at that very moment when you
00:39:35
most need that common united front these
longstanding divides within the hour and
00:39:41
political class have been exacerbated
because of this political crisis coming out
00:39:44
of the election giving Yes but that seems
to come together in one entity team to
00:39:51
negotiate with the problem beyond was
already difficult observers say this crisis
00:39:57
has just added to it I
should then seem n.w.
00:40:02
Islamic Jihad running u.s.
00:40:04
Secretary of state Mike Pompei all this
week urged Iraqi prime minister designate
00:40:09
Mohamed Alawi to protect u.s.
00:40:11
Troops and stressed Iraq's obligation to
protect American and coalition diplomats
00:40:17
forces and facilities but they also pressed
Iraq's new government to end violence
00:40:22
against the thousands of protesters who
have gathered in Baghdad and addressed
00:40:26
their grievances Iraqi lawmakers have
scheduled for a vote of confidence. Allow
00:40:32
a government schedule for Thursday freeways
Ahmed El Shaarawy spoke with my Arlo
00:40:38
Dani former Iraqi military attache in
Washington about the vote of no confidence
00:40:43
and the pressure the government faces
between anti-government protesters who want
00:40:47
foreign troops out and its ally the United
States actually what the problem this
00:40:53
request is to remind the designated prime
minister of government responsibilities
00:40:59
and duties towards the u.s.
00:41:02
Call ition forces as well as the
diplomatic missions in Iraq that departing
00:41:08
government has failed to deliver its
obligations as they have many times declared
00:41:13
that there are obliged to protect the u.s.
00:41:16
And coalition forces facilities as
00:41:18
a result of that relation has been critically
intense due to its collation between
00:41:24
the u.s.
00:41:24
And peeling in militias supported by Iran
that ended in exchanging the shelling and
00:41:30
to try to expand altimetry the Iraqi part
in the decision to being banned from the
00:41:35
prime minister to remove the u.s.
Forces from Iraq and the u.s.
00:41:39
Administration would like to turn
00:41:41
a new page with the new government in order
to restore the copper ration and the
00:41:46
relation to normal both governments value
the importance of keeping diplomatic
00:41:50
military and economic ties it's
also essential for the u.s.
00:41:55
And Iraq government human to in the
relations at the highest level as there are
00:41:59
many common interests to be achieved in
the new terms and the future I think both
00:42:04
countries also are partners
in fighting ISIS the u.s.
00:42:08
Is all Blish to build and protect
democracy in Iraq and the u.s.
00:42:12
Is
00:42:12
a crucial player and building the capacity
of your Rocky institution so I think this
00:42:17
is one of the conversations that set forth
the beginning to Prime Minister from the
00:42:23
u.s.
00:42:23
Administration so he would gain some kind
of support when he will be getting the
00:42:29
vote to assume there's. Sponsibility So is
Iraq capable of honoring this obligation
00:42:36
when angry pro Iran protesters that have
been in the streets calling for u.s.
00:42:40
Troops withdrawal I think the
crowd who is calling for the u.s.
00:42:44
Forces with
00:42:45
a drawl in the street has been mop alive
by the Shiite political party due to the
00:42:51
recent escalation between the u.s.
00:42:53
And Iran I think you're not
00:42:55
a government is not entirely in control of
the arm of the groups that belong to the
00:43:00
Shia party therefore some political parties
are more powerful than the government
00:43:05
but I trust the new government and the
most 6 players would consider the politics
00:43:10
of channels to understand
the importance of the u.s.
00:43:13
Presence in Iraq to defeat ISIS and build
the security forces capabilities it all
00:43:19
depends on the new government bullet you
to move things forward and compromise the
00:43:24
tension around the u.s.
00:43:26
Forces
00:43:26
a presence in Iraq Pompeo and so emphasize
their Jency with which Iraq's new government
00:43:32
must put an end to the killing of protesters
and their grievances What do you make
00:43:38
of that the prime minister has
00:43:40
a speak to trust on bringing all fall in
killing the protesters to give justice to
00:43:46
independent and transparent investigation
so I think Secretary pump you should try
00:43:52
to think on the new government to hold the
protesters killers accountable and bring
00:43:57
them to justice also to address the
grievances of the demonstrations are you see
00:44:01
this is a statement as
00:44:02
a candidate and also to designate prime
minister to accomplish so he may win the
00:44:09
u.s. Support so he can walk with the u.s.
00:44:12
Administration to normalize the situation
in Iraq Iraqi lawmakers decided to
00:44:18
schedule
00:44:19
a vote of confidence for the government
of our Larry Thursday with the parliament
00:44:23
vote in favor apparently the designated the
prime minister is trying to appointing
00:44:29
nonpartisans and technocrat cap
and he is free. I think some
00:44:32
a politician from Politico but people
demand reporter mation of The Politico. By
00:44:39
removing the secretary and quote so
00:44:42
a new political party would. Put the
party the kind of friend creation that
00:44:49
people 2nd there are and not to tolerate
more like Ultimately the prime minister
00:44:55
has to compromise with the political party
before the comet about which. Will be in
00:45:01
favor of the cap and that was
00:45:03
a. Former Iraqi military
attache speaking to v.o.a.
00:45:08
Senior analyst Mohamed El
Shaarawy and later on the program
00:45:13
a senior South Sudanese official has
rejected criticism that his country is
00:45:18
a serious violator of human rights and
00:45:20
a speech to the un human rights council
of the official said facts prove the
00:45:25
opposite to be true you're
listening to v.o.a.
00:45:28
News. This is. The number of
00:45:35
studies and previously linked the consumption
of sugary drinks with increased risks
00:45:40
of death from a wide range of causes
00:45:42
a new study published in The Journal of
the American Heart Association provides
00:45:46
evidence that drinking around $355.00
millimeters of sugary drinks more than once
00:45:51
a day is connected to
00:45:52
a couple of factors that can contribute
to cardiovascular disease the study finds
00:45:57
that among middle aged to older adults
drinking sugar sweetened beverages can lower
00:46:01
levels of age the good cholesterol which
helps remove bad cholesterol from the
00:46:06
bloodstream while increasing levels of
triglycerides another type of fat found in
00:46:11
the blood the study also shows that drinking
most calorie sweetened beverages were
00:46:15
up to 355000000 liters of 100 percent fruit
juice every day one of the associated
00:46:21
with increased risks were adverse effects
of elevated fats and cholesterol in the
00:46:26
bloodstream I envy you
always Rick Bandolero.
00:46:35
Relays international edition continues
I'm Steve Miller at least 20 people have
00:46:40
been killed in the Indian capital during
violent clashes between Hindu and Muslims
00:46:45
groups over a new citizenship
law that's according to
00:46:49
a hospital official speaking to Reuters
news even as an eerie calm has ascended in
00:46:54
the riot torn areas on Wednesday mortars
Soria I Lay has that story. For
00:47:01
example the riots sparked by its controversial
new citizenship law in the West and
00:47:05
many violent protests since the was 1st
proposed and by the debate over shouted
00:47:10
u.s.
00:47:10
President Donald Trump's visit to. New
Delhi Police used tear gas and snicker an
00:47:16
aide to dispense stone throwing crowds.
Hospital officials told Reuters they had
00:47:22
treated as
00:47:22
a 200 people since the fighting 1st
intensified on Monday many suffering severe
00:47:27
injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
broke his silence on the mass on Wednesday
00:47:33
appealing for peace between Hindus and
Muslims. Below and nouns by midges
00:47:39
nationalist government makes it easier
for the non Muslims from neighboring
00:47:43
countries to gain Indian citizenship.
It has reignited longstanding tensions
00:47:48
between the country's Hindu and
minority missing plane. And side u.s.
00:47:55
President Donald Trump's 1st official visit
to India when they pulled out all the
00:48:00
stops in the hopes of securing
00:48:01
a trade deal. From Platts India on cheese
day with the sale of $3000000000.00 worth
00:48:07
of military equipment and promise to conclude
trade talks promptly anti is for the
00:48:11
. At least that was Reuters reporter.
Kenya has for the 1st time
00:48:18
allowed the informal visit of
00:48:20
a un envoy on extra da schol summary or
arbitrary executions and his column on
00:48:26
Afrin should human rights expert met with
the relatives. Police killings in Nairobi
00:48:31
slums where hundreds of cases have left
relatives and friends of victims feeling
00:48:35
powerless bore reports from
Nairobi 60 year old if
00:48:41
a quintal close to Ohio age children in
2018 just months apart when police in broad
00:48:47
daylight shot them dead she admits has Times
got into some trouble but she says it
00:48:53
was nothing that would walk on to the use
of lethal force Apple as well but again
00:48:58
sequel with my marketing idea wife when
she says robot had never been arrested of
00:49:04
taken to jail no one ever called to tell
me he had been arrested or taken someone's
00:49:09
car and I know that my son had
00:49:11
a temper if your own team he would beat you
up he did my 2nd son there was nothing
00:49:17
major he had done maybe getting into
little fights here and there the debts are
00:49:22
just 2 of hundreds of cases of police
killings that Ken rights groups have
00:49:26
documented this month I quietly should've
Kennon rights groups reported police left
00:49:31
the island killed
00:49:32
a $107.00 people most of them young poor
men in slums shot to bit at a suspicious
00:49:38
a constant. Running
00:49:40
a mouse it's on the board of Amnesty
International Kenya when we stop recognize.
00:49:46
These these gangs these oxygen additional
killings when we say that nothing is
00:49:52
changing and devil we will not documented
we acquiesce. To these killings
00:49:59
Prescot accuse Kenya's independent policy
oversight authority of not doing enough
00:50:04
to stop the killings I posses
00:50:06
a 100 in 42 cases from last Dia under
investigation but admits only 6 police
00:50:12
officers have been sent to the public
prosecutor who says few witnesses are willing
00:50:17
to come forward noting hygene is Kenya's
Director of Public Prosecutions we have
00:50:23
community outreach and yet reaching out to
00:50:25
a lot of these communities affected
by this problem trying to censor.
00:50:36
We are trying to. Understand
their rights. He.
00:50:44
Just. Can't get this month for the 1st time
allowed the informal visit of the u.s.
00:50:50
Envoy on extrajudicial somebody or
00:50:53
a Brittany executions Agnes Cullum eyed
she met Phillip to the police victims in
00:50:58
their o.b.e.
00:50:58
In Mumbai and she called
and. To do more why not. And
00:51:09
. That's the 2nd killing and not.
00:51:20
Letting the victims hope the u.n.
00:51:21
Envoy his visit will help advance the
wheels of justice made away activists say
00:51:27
they'll keep documented and publishing
police killings until they no longer have to
00:51:32
do so right on board for v.o.a.
00:51:34
News that will be
00:51:36
a senior South Sudanese official has
rejected criticism that his country is
00:51:40
a serious violator of human rights
is a shrine reports that in
00:51:44
a speech the un Human Rights Council the
official said facts prove the opposite to
00:51:49
be true director general from algae lateral
affairs of South Sudan Samuel watt De
00:51:55
Lorenzo praises the decisions and compromises
made by his government he says this
00:52:01
is enabled the formation of
00:52:03
a national unity government in the interest
of sustainable peace and stability he
00:52:09
says his government isn't forcing the
agreement by negotiating peace with the South
00:52:14
Sudan opposition alliance at the same time
he says peace talks taking place with
00:52:20
Sudan in the capital Juba are making progress
he says efforts to improve the human
00:52:26
rights situation in this country are moving
ahead and the. This he says belies the
00:52:31
u.n.
00:52:31
Council's depiction of South Sudan as the
worst country on Earth in terms of human
00:52:37
rights violations he says this is contrary
to the realities on the ground my
00:52:43
government would like to report it.
Sudan has given rule take. And
00:52:50
norms with compared to respect.
00:53:02
Dignity. Over part published last week
by the un Commission on Human Rights in
00:53:09
South Sudan describes in detail what it
calls the widespread and pervasive sexual
00:53:15
and gender based violence in the country
the report accuses both the government and
00:53:20
opposition of deliberately starving the
population as a tactic of war the u.n.
00:53:26
Commission is scathing in its criticism of
the government which is says is riddled
00:53:31
with corruption the South Sudanese government
did not respond to the report at the
00:53:36
time of its release and during his address
to the council. Also did not acknowledge
00:53:43
the report and its findings Instead
he continued to stress the positive
00:53:48
developments in improvements in the human
rights situation in this country he
00:53:53
called on the council to remove South
Sudan from Item 4 which looks into human
00:53:58
rights abuses in specific countries
reserved for those deemed to be the worst
00:54:04
violators countries that will come up for
review under that item during this month
00:54:09
long session include North Korea the in
March South Sudan Iran Burundi Syria and
00:54:15
that is the way no Lisa shrine for v.o.a.
00:54:18
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00:54:24
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00:54:43
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is so that we can $35.00 prints of
00:54:55
a new year attaching them is
still theoretical but these 3 d.
00:54:59
Printers can print
00:55:00
a workable human organs like this year
scientists here at the Wake Forest Institute
00:55:06
for generative medicine in North Carolina
are working towards the day when they can
00:55:11
print all kinds of replacement
organs it takes about 3 and
00:55:14
a half hours to create an ear
and it will be attached using
00:55:18
a special solution made from the patient's
cells when they get it to work it could
00:55:23
revolutionize the science of Borgen
trains planes we basically categorize the
00:55:29
complexity of the organs from flat to solid.
With flat structure such as skin being
00:55:35
the least complex similar structures like
blood vessels being the 2nd level of
00:55:40
complexity how
00:55:42
a non-trivial are organised like the bladder
or the stomach being the 3rd level and
00:55:46
solid organs being by far the most complex
certainly. The donor shortage is very
00:55:53
serious you know there are so many
patients on the waitlist right now and
00:55:56
regenerative medicine is really
00:55:58
a strategy that hopefully will help us to
the present number of patients who are on
00:56:03
the transplant list the process
begins one finds is the take
00:56:07
a small piece of tissue from the patient
the next step is to create the desired
00:56:12
shape or frame for the
tissue this is with 3 d.
00:56:15
Printers come into play and alongside
them the procedure known as electrodes
00:56:20
thinning
00:56:21
a fiber production method which uses
electric force to create artificial blood
00:56:26
vessels these are Electra spinners
and the way that it works is
00:56:32
we have a solution of bio material
00:56:38
a certain type of polymer. In
00:56:42
a syringe that's being very slowly
pushed out with a syringe pump we have
00:56:47
a rod here that goes through.
This apparatus over here. And it
00:56:54
rotates and moves back and forth and
the idea is that the solution is
00:57:00
deposited on to the rod and it can form
00:57:04
a 2 next finances to test the
artificial blood vessel by imitating
00:57:09
a post we put inside
00:57:11
a bioreactor So what we've done was we've
taken the blood vessel right here we've
00:57:16
hooked it up to the bowel
reactor which is attached to
00:57:20
a pump and it's basically Paulson flow
back and forth through the blood vessel to
00:57:26
emulate the beating of the heart. And so
you can see if you look closely the blood
00:57:32
vessel is opening and
closing things to 3 d.
00:57:35
By printing find this can create more complex
human organs as well they're used in
00:57:41
this so-called organ on a chip or
technology this fine centimeter panel is
00:57:47
a tiny model of
00:57:48
a human body each chamber contains
tissues from various organs such models
00:57:54
a mostly used for testing new drugs for
unknown side effects and even how the
00:57:59
effect each patient individually in
00:58:01
a near future I'll say what is going to
happen is you're going to come to the
00:58:05
hospital they're going to take
00:58:07
a small sum perform your scan and as that
as the doctor is making your diagnosis on
00:58:12
your own your prognosis and everything
00:58:15
a lab group is going to be building
20 to 40 bursars of view of chips
00:58:21
find is can see how long clinical trials
are going to take exactly but they hope
00:58:27
that in some 30 to 40 years
their inventions will be
00:58:30
a regular part of people's everyday life.
In Winston Salem North Carolina and here
00:58:36
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to see to the safety and well being
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administration has asked for
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a figure many in Congress think it's too
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been infected with the virus
in nearly 3000 have died
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a gunman opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee's
Molson Coors brewery complex killing
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5 people before taking his own
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a 51 year old Milwaukee man employed by
the company Tom Barrett is the mayor of
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Milwaukee there was
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a horrific shooting that has occurred we're
urging all residents and people in this
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area to stay away from this area simply
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like that before Wednesday's shooting there
had been 3 mass killings nationwide in
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2020 with 12 total victims all have been
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News. A federal appeals court is siding
with the Trump administration's stand on
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grant money for so-called sanctuary cities
he said Downey report the ruling by the
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2nd Circuit in Manhattan says the
administration can hold back law enforcement
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grants to 4 states to cooperate with
immigration enforcement it reverses
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a lower court's decision ordering the
administration to release funding to New York
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City and 7 states federal appeals courts
in Chicago Philadelphia and San Francisco
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have ruled against the federal government
in similar cases the Justice Department
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called the decision
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a major victory for Americans the American
Civil Liberties Union says this is the
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government's attempt to bowl
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a cudgel and Cold War state and local
governments to participate in federal
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immigration enforcement at Donohue Washington
hospital official in New Delhi says
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at least 20 people have been killed in the
Indian capital during violent clashes
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between Hindu and Muslim groups over
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a new citizenship law Reuters Soraya
reports New Delhi Police used tear gas and
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smoke grenades to disperse stone throwing
crowds the. Hospital officials told
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Reuters they had treated as
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a 200 people since the fighting 1st
intensified on Monday many suffering severe
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injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
broke his silence on the mass on Wednesday
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appealing for peace between Hindus and
Muslims. Below announced by making
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nationalist government makes it easier
for the non Muslims from neighboring
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countries to gain Indian citizenship.
It has reignited longstanding tensions
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between the country's Hindu and minority
miss the group that is Reuters Soraya
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reporting 5 time Grand Slam tennis champion
Maria Sharapova who became one of the
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highest paid women in all of sports has
announced her retirement at the age of 32
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A.P.'s Jennifer King reported
already share a pope
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a burst onto the scene at 17 when she won
Wimbledon in 2004 and gathered 5 grand
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slam titles with her blog. Hair and
trademark grunt share a pub it was as big
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a star as tennis had making millions of
dollars in sponsorship deals sure oppose
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rivalry was Serina Williams was supposed
to be one for the ages but it became so
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one sided it can hardly be called
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a rivalry with sharp over winning just 2
of her 22 battles with Williams Jared
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Polis suffered
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a serious shoulder injury in 2008 and was
dogged by injuries to her thigh wrist and
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shoulder she hinted at leaving at the
Australian Open in 2019 you realise that
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you're non-moral you're never going to
play her for ever and an essay written for
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Vanity Fair in vogue about her decision to
retire she asked How do you leave behind
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the only life you've ever
known I'm Jennifer King
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a mixed day on Wall Street is jitters about
the spreading of the coronavirus made
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investors nervous the Dow Jones Industrials
dropped point 46 percent the s. And p.
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500 fell point 38 percent but the Nasdaq
gained point 17 percent from Washington
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I'm Jim Berto v.o.a.
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News.
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Good morning Africa world come to daybreak
Africa for the Voice of America James
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but in Washington today is Thursday February
27th and here are some of the stories
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we are covering the u.s.
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Embassy urges the election commission
to make public results from all polling
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stations to keep in mind the
quite good news because.
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They were made. On the
eve. Of President Bush
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pulling the age of influence from promptly
rejected by chemical is the spokesperson
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for total ease opposition coalition
candidate. Opposition parties hold talks for
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a possible allies about militants of
kill 42 teachers in northeast take
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a young in the past 5 years for the
1st time allows an informal visit of
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a un envoy on text for judicial killings
and residents of Sudan's war torn Darfur
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while come from a president
bad she is a possible i.c.c.
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Trial. Has been
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a. Shift to the International Criminal
Court because they seem distant and also
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included in between the warring groups and
peace talks to victims of genocide and
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historical repression best report
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a number movie day in Khartoum and is
in Babel economics graduate says the
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situation is
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a move China is getting desperate Villa's
stories and more coming up on Daybreak
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Africa.
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Togo's opposition coalition led by its
candidate. Says it welcomes a u.s.
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Embassy statement calling on the electoral
commission to make public results of all
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polling stations particularly those being
contested by the opposition so as to
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ensure transparency. In
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a statement Wednesday the embassy
congratulated Italy's people for
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a peaceful election the opposition says it
wants the election although the election
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commission declared president for
nothing by the window Brigette our demo
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spokesperson for opposition coalition Canada
Kojo says the Us embassy statement is
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good news because the opposition has been
demanding full results of all polling
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stations to be published facts they
congratulated people vote they said
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everybody went to vote peacefully and
then they were cleaning up from and
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to ensure that believe all the
have already published and
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that time contested by job our country did
they are asking the government to ensure
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that boon for these drugs and each
could be in station to ensure
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transparency Finally Jim they regret
that fact about some people feel sorry
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for the groups we chopped last for their
version of the election have been denied
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to be applied to them because.
They didn't tell them
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that there is
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a group supported by the end and
then big government we've called but
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the good supported by and the faith we
do not give you the right to observe
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and treatment very great the physician
from the gov What does that mean in.
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These states events it's quite
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a good new father because our walk on
the day. We were May had asked the
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fall for this publication of
count each police station in
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view of transparency we actually got.
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They don't come from what.
They're not calling. The luck.
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Of the. Bad. Do you think the
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government is going to do what the u.s.
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Embassy is asking for and what if the
government doesn't because the government
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said the president for not simply
one day election by 72 percent.
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Of the. Want.
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Can't vote and if the
government know what.
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To. Buy.
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It's very simple it's.
Too late that's what.
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Then they're not publish. And everybody.
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Brigette I got mobile is the spokesperson
for total ease of position coalition
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candidate a bio she was speaking
with us from the capital loamy
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a mile away the leader of the opposition
united transformation movement u.t.m.
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Party. Says he is willing to enter into
an alliance with anyone as long as he and
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that person on a common cause there comes
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a day after President Peter Reka and his
ruling progressive Democratic Party the
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d.p.p. Enter into an alliance with a
United Democratic Front or you d f u
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d f party for the May 90 constitutional
court ordered presidential election they
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have been room months that the u.t.m.
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And demand our Congress party of last row
have. Well didn't talk feel it possible
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alliance u.t.m. Spokesperson.
Says the u.t.m.
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Has it tough for us to engage them and I
would Congress party. Made it very clear
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that we need to listen to the ears all
the people I think the people out there
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white on the legal citizens
but I think before we make
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a decision we need to have if I
understand why didn't I live civil at
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a time that it's really we need to
understand so that's why we have a team like
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a task force from outside that will
engage. In my work on the spot to
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begin talking so how soon how much time
do you have before the people of Malawi
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know that tell us there's going to be
this allow us the right time of course
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uniting Betty I mean it's made 19
states for the Poles I mean really we
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have 60 days before that for cutting which
means companies going to start $28.00 on
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the basis of much so we have like 2 from
now so before we didn't pay to go up to
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those so all these things that we were
talking about how to finalize before I made
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the tape that was about I saw an article
where President I think he made
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a comment to say he is going to
we now more than 50 plus one.
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Is entitled to his opinion but I think
it's out of desperation I mean why didn't
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you read it if people that's
what they felt it was
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a lecture where it is future because they
say if you knew that there are going to
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go so I'll cover to get 50
percent of these time or
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a little bit person that you
have. 200000 of all if you put
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adequately really for everything you talk
to people and the power to die has been
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yes he's looked. At
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a period of about 200000.
200004 their Warney with.
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No way they can get the 60 plus ones one
thing that I think has led to downfall of
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coalition building Africa has been the
ability of one party to give way to the
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other it seems odd that whenever
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a coalition be mission tell us something
one of the parties want to insist to be
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president is next case do you think your
leader Mr and Mr Quinn raw can they
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reach
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a compromise in terms of what can be on top
of the ticket for that we all know that
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you need one of the issues that you know
really it is to not working the way that I
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was being but I think you know what we
all say before we even start sharing
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positions because it is that said inquisitions
and you're going to mystical point
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what we're saying is they just saw what was
right and find out from that what is it
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that people want us to do if you're willing
to so those issues really big issues
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over who's going to be about why I'm going
to be don't want to look I don't think
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that could be issued. Just have to Dante
my lawn guy is the spokesperson for the
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United transformation movement partit led
by Vice Presidents all those who are
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speaking with us from their capital long
way you're listening to daybreak Africa on
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the Voice of America James Butty in
Washington today is Thursday February 27th
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daybreak Africa Time 14 and
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a half minutes past the hour Sudan's
decision this month that formal officials
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including ousted president Omar al Bashir
would face trial in the National Criminal
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Court has been welcomed by people in the
war torn Darfur region the charges against
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Bashir and 3 others include genocide and
war crimes committed in Darfor after Civil
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War broke out there in 2003 by Sudanese
officials have also indicated that they
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trial might not take place in the Hague not
imo he daily reports from South Sudan.
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Lisa was 2 older years old when leashes
attacked his village in east wind up 14
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years ago killing his father and cousins
forcing the rest of the family to flee for
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their lives he has been living for the
past decade in Wister incidents come
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a camp the largest in there for 4 internally
displaced people with and is to make
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it held me and residents like most victims
of the war in the 4 he said blames
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former president Omar al Bashir was
government for the conflict which the u.n.
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Says has left 130-0000 people dead
and 2500000 displaced since 2003 the
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war that broke out in that for between
this within his government and 3 rebel
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groups quickly turned ethnic as mainly out
of militias targeted black Africans but
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peace is slowly returning to that for us
rebels on the government having Gagin
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talks during peace talks with the 4
rebels on February 11th the Sudanese
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delegations agreed that all
those wanted by the i.c.c.
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Should be handed over to stand trial for
genocide on war crimes charges in the 4
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for the displaced like Isa seeing
Bashir on trial of the i.c.c.
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Would bring some comfort to
families like his. Days handing the
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ship to the International Criminal Court
could as she just tears and also build
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confidence between the warring groups in
peace talks the victims of genocide and
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historical repression not to mention the
refugees and displaced people say is isa
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good feel just as if Bashir
goes on trial the i.c.c.
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Toward Bashir with Quine's in the fore in
2009 but to then refused to recognize the
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courts or thought Sudanese officials have
indicated while the trial might be in
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front of the i.c.c.
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It might not take place in the Hague
information minister Feisal Sali told the
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Reuters News Agency handing over which was
one option Another option would be the
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i.c.c. Coming to Sudan
he said or the 2 forming
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a hybrid court one of
the Hughes lawyers in
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a lab the Mohammad argues students
courts should have jurisdiction and are
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qualified to handle any case related
to the. For rather with us workers. I
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would never use if there was any accusations
against the former president he say's
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the trial should be in Sudan and there
is an independent judicial system
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a link to crimes in there for conflict
including genocide and war crimes are
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included in Sudanese low Ses Mohammed
binding Sudan to the International Criminal
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Court is not a legal issue but
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a political one he ses and they were legally
resisted but she has supporters have
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protested handing him to the i.c.c.
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Saying it would be against that sovereignty
and the dignity of the army which to be
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hugh commanded for 3 decades military
officers incidents transitional government
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serving in the death for
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a conflict on the stand accused of rights
abuses General Mohammed have done the
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glue
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a former brigade commander in the didn't do
it militia that is accused of mass killings
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and raving that for the deputy chairman
of Sudan's ruling sovereign consul the
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Sudanese professional association s.p.
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a Which led the protest against Bashir
stroll argues students Loz on course are not
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fit to prosecute the former president or
others for war crimes but she who was
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ousted by the military rule after months
of protest has already face trial in Sudan
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and in December was sentenced to just 2
years in prison for Russian for their force
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displaced victims like isa the i.c.c.
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May be their only hope for justice.
For viewing news for Sudan 42
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teachers from North have been killed by the
militia group al-Shabaab in the past 5
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years according to the teachers Service
Commission as Mario jumble reports from
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Nairobi the commission says not local
teachers in the region are not safe and as
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such have withdrawn their services. Local
teachers working in northeastern parts of
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the country have been camping out
this commission in Nairobi for
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a while until they appear not to walk in
the region was hired and yesterday when
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his day but it is Service Commission
maintained that it will not post to not if the
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security situation is not fixed speaking
before the parliamentary Education
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Committee Commission's chief executive of
his son told the legislatures that the
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right to life supersedes the right to
education and called on the government to
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improve security in the region in the last
5 years we have the courage to ensure it
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is
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a help. And I think they're going to
make us happy that way we believe Draghi
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to think again and said he didn't want
to impose in fact is he's been given to
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people we have good teachers still in the
same region the commission had already
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with
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a draw on some teachers from the region and
urging leaders to encourage more of the
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low costs to train as teachers so they don't
need to demand for non-local teachers
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education cabinet secretary said that
while the matter of transfer is affecting
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locals it's
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a fact that innocent Kenyans have died and
they're not on parts of their country
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and the targeting of man
can't be downplayed if.
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It is. In the news. If it.
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Is every jail. Teachers.
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On the other hand inspector general of
police he let in with them I said that the
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government will deploy more police officers
in Northeast and in the next 2 months
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despite the fact that they have also lost
and I. Number of police officers in the
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area during the intervention we have to
work with them their leaders have to talk
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to their people 100 people who are going
to say duty for us to be able to root out
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this thing but that is us and the local
element who are assisting I'm sure Bob to
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try to get those people can see that I'm
not from that place you know that is
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tanking especially in the
counties all for g.m.
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And Garrison have been
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a hotbed of terror claiming hundreds of
life ranging from. All sensor killer to
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offices and however much the commission
is insisting on with the drawing teachers
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from the area employment and Labor Relations
Court Judge Hill and I said well I
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stopped the move temporarily following
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a successful at placation by Jose rare
0 who claims the massive transfer is
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discriminatory because it affects some
areas in the region that have not
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experienced terror related issues reporting
for fear is daybreak Africa I am Moreno
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jumble in Arabic Kenya has for the 1st
time allowed the informal visit of a u.n.
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Envoy extrajudicial summary
of arbitrary educations. If
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fresh human rights expert met with relatives
of police killings in Nairobi Sloan's
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where hundreds of cases have left
relatives and friends of victims feeling
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powerless. Reports from Nairobi
60 year old ever lost 2 of its
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children in 2018 just months apart when
police in broad daylight shot them dead she
00:21:39
admits has got into some trouble but she
says it was nothing that would warrant
00:21:44
They use of lethal force or
said Well but. I don't like
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she says robot had never been arrested of
taken to jail no one ever called to tell
00:21:56
me he had been arrested or taken someone's
car all I know is that my son had. If
00:22:01
you're on team he would beat you up did
my 2nd son there was nothing major he had
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done maybe getting into little fights
here and there they did that just 2 of
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hundreds of cases the police killings that
Ken rights groups have documented this
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month are quite legion of Kenyan rights
groups reported for use last the island
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killed a 107 people most of them young
poor men in slums shot to bit at
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a suspicious by constant. Training
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a mouse it's on the board of Amnesty
International Kenya when we stop recognize.
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These these down these exegetical killings
when we say that nothing is changing and
00:22:41
devil we will not documented we
acquiesce. To these killings
00:22:48
Prescot accuse Kenya's independent policing
oversight authority of not doing enough
00:22:53
to stop the killings I posses
00:22:55
a 100 in $42.00 cases from last year are
under investigation but admits only 6
00:23:01
police officers have been sent to the public
prosecutor who says few witnesses are
00:23:06
willing to come forward noting hygene is
kinesthetic that of Public Prosecutions we
00:23:12
have community outreach
and yet reaching out to
00:23:14
a lot of these communities who are being
affected by this problem and trying to
00:23:18
sensitize them trying to Oscar to ask them
to be more boiled in terms of giving us
00:23:23
the evidence we are trying to. Make
them. Understand their rights.
00:23:32
To access the justice and how they can do
that can get this month for the 1st time
00:23:37
allowed the informal visit of the UN's
envoy on extrajudicial somebody on
00:23:42
a bridge to the executions Agnes Cullum odd
she met relatives of police victims in
00:23:47
their o.b.e.
00:23:47
In Mombasa and she called in Kenyan authorities
to do more we're not done recently
00:23:53
barely know investigation. Barely know one
thing here and there you know you can
00:23:59
feel that. 2nd killing and not killing
in the killing of our society.
00:24:07
Seems. Let me the victims hope the u.n.
00:24:11
Envoy visit will help advance the wheels
of justice made away activists say they'll
00:24:16
keep documented and publishing police
killings until they no longer have to do so
00:24:22
right on board for v.o.a.
00:24:24
News. Economics graduate blessing she
remarked says the situation will highlight
00:24:30
China which is the epicenter of the coronavirus
is getting desperate the prices of
00:24:35
basic commodities skyrocketing
and most students become
00:24:39
a destitute as their bank accounts are
running dry children on graduate the January
00:24:44
and was due to return to Zimbabwe
before she was caught up in
00:24:48
a coronavirus logged on to renounce says
she and other Zimbabweans in China I
00:24:54
appeal into the Harare government for
financial assistance to buy food and other
00:25:00
basic necessities. This situation
I can say is really tough
00:25:07
in one not only as students but both also
our feelings about when we have been away
00:25:12
came here in one there's been working for
them so that they can kid us with their
00:25:17
food stuff and some other things but you
find out now it's difficult for them
00:25:23
they're not waking they're not doing anything
and it's really difficult for them to
00:25:29
make ends meet it's really difficult for
them to get money to buy some food stuffs
00:25:33
and also for these now expenses take us
through your day to day activities What do
00:25:40
you do daily since the column
of a that was announced
00:25:43
a pandemic and also I you know allowed to
move freely and not even allowed to move
00:25:49
always indoors each and every day I woke
up at 8 and then in don't I don't go
00:25:56
anywhere the only thing I can do is to
be in here and you know because of this
00:26:02
situation you end up panicking you know and
it's all that the only thing you can do
00:26:08
is to just say he knows nothing else at the
moment how are the other 4 in that from
00:26:14
other African countries they're holding up
how many Zimbabweans who do use the idea
00:26:19
for the remote when I can say maybe
roughly 352 foreign great contending some
00:26:25
other people from some other countries I
can say the situation is just the same for
00:26:31
us all but for some other countries you
can see that they're receiving help from
00:26:37
their government and from maybe their fellow
countrymen I can think so if they have
00:26:44
such kind of help I can say we did 10 good
for them because it's really helpful but
00:26:50
when you come to
00:26:51
a situation like this in Dublin you can
see that things are very talented because
00:26:56
right now I'm just inviting receiving money
from home and it was good before it was
00:27:03
. Good because before things were
really cheap like food but now you find
00:27:10
food stuff very very expensive so like
it's really good if we can really have
00:27:17
help made from the government or from
some other fellow's mumblings. That was
00:27:22
a blessing to remount isn't bubbly in
Beijing will hunt China speaking with
00:27:26
reporters. Of view isn't bubbly service
briefly before we leave you summary of
00:27:32
Africa news Togo's opposition coalition
led by its candidate about Yomi said it
00:27:37
welcomes
00:27:38
a us embassy statement calling on the
told police Electoral Commission to make
00:27:42
public results of all polling stations
particularly those being contested by the
00:27:47
opposition so as to assure transparency
and that is it for this Thursday February
00:27:52
27th edition of daybreak Africa on behalf
of the daybreak Africa crew producer
00:27:57
Nicole Beck for reporters Peter Clottey
rakish truck and James Buddy Washington
00:28:02
wishing you
00:28:03
a very good day. Joining us Larry London.
00:28:10
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only on The Voice of America.
00:29:15
Today is Thursday February 27th and this
is via ways international edition I'm
00:29:21
Steve Miller in Washington
coming up the w.h.o.
00:29:24
Said that while there was ample reason to
be concerned about the coronavirus don't
00:29:29
rush to call it's
00:29:30
a pandemic every day sensible measures
that we tell people to do every year with
00:29:35
the flu are important here covering your
cough. Staying home when you're sick
00:29:43
and washing your hands plus after 19 years
of conflict in Afghanistan the war there
00:29:49
may be finally coming to an end
and replacing an organ with
00:29:52
a printed one those stories and
more are all next. World Health
00:29:59
Organization Director General
Dr Tadros added Gregory
00:30:02
a Says said on Wednesday China reported
78 thousands 190 cases to the w.h.o.
00:30:09
Including 2718 deaths only 2 new cases
were reported in China outside of
00:30:16
a province globally the number of confirmed
corona virus cases stands at 81109
00:30:23
with 43 deaths affecting
00:30:25
a total of 37 countries but Dr Tadros
issued this caution the increase in cases
00:30:31
outside China has prompted some
media and politicians to push for
00:30:35
a pandemic to be declared he said they
would not be too eager to declare
00:30:40
a pandemic without careful and clear
minded analysis of the facts the w.h.o.
00:30:45
Has already declared
00:30:47
a public health emergency of international
concern that's the highest level of
00:30:51
alarm they're there to Taylor said using
the word pandemic carelessly has no
00:30:56
tangible benefits but it does have
significant risk in terms of amplifying
00:31:01
unnecessarily and unjustified fear and
stigma and paralyzing systems that every way
00:31:07
show will not hesitate to use the word.
If it is accurate in description of the
00:31:12
situation Gilliard sciences incorporated
on Wednesday said it had started to late
00:31:17
stage studies to test its drug and patterns
with in patients with the corona virus
00:31:23
beginning in March the studies will test
the drug approximately among 1000 patients
00:31:28
at medical centers primarily across Asian
countries as well as in other countries
00:31:33
with
00:31:33
a high number of diagnosed cases Dr Anthony
found the director of the National Institute
00:31:38
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases in the u.s.
00:31:41
Explained that even with trials
occurring now it could be
00:31:44
a year or more before they're ready
for consumers from a sequence of
00:31:50
a virus to
00:31:51
a trial it still would not be any
applicable to the epidemic unless we really
00:31:58
wait about a year to a year and
00:32:00
a half now that means 2 things one the
answer to containing is public health
00:32:06
measures we can't be law in a vaccine
over the next several months to
00:32:11
a year however if this virus which we
have every reason to believe it is quite
00:32:17
conceivable that it will
happen will go beyond just
00:32:20
a season and come back in the cycle next
year if that's the case we hope to have
00:32:26
a vaccine us President Donald Trump spoke
Wednesday evening naming vice president
00:32:31
Mike Pence as the point person in his
administration for the covert 1000 outbreak
00:32:35
He also reiterated that far more people
die annually of the flu than have the of
00:32:41
the coronavirus thus far the Center for
Disease Control interventions and shook it
00:32:46
said the best way to guard against the
covert 19 is the same way one does against
00:32:51
the flu covering your cough. Staying
home when you're sick and washing your
00:32:57
hands. Tried and True not very
exciting measures but really important
00:33:04
ways that you can prevent the spread of
respiratory viruses. In South Korea the
00:33:11
United States and the Republic of Korea
the South's official name announced
00:33:15
Thursday they would postpone upcoming joint
military exercises until further notice
00:33:20
do the Cove in $1000.00 outbreak
00:33:22
a statement announcing the decision said
it was not made lightly and that their
00:33:26
alliance remains iron clad as
00:33:28
a novel coronavirus continues to spread
beyond China health officials in Europe are
00:33:32
ramping up efforts to contain the virus
in care for patients the European Union
00:33:37
Health Minister Stella Carey Kiedis and the
World Health Organization officials met
00:33:41
Wednesday with
00:33:42
a talent officials in Rome to discuss the
outbreak in Italy the worst so far in
00:33:46
Europe earlier my colleague Cape Town
Dawson spoke with reporter Nicholas Pineau
00:33:52
who's been following the outbreak from
Paris belated us from France when the.
00:33:58
Person died last night and the funny thing
about the patient who died is that he's
00:34:05
the patient. He was 60 of those and
he did not go to any room that
00:34:12
consumed by divide will not travel to China
95 of the French authorities trying to
00:34:19
see where he got contaminated
and of also a not
00:34:23
a patient here pretty critical of the
right now and again he did not travel.
00:34:31
But now want to get
00:34:33
a bite of virus Also today new
Rob Green we've mentioned he's.
00:34:40
Ok And also we have now 12. Which is
00:34:46
right now the most concerning for you right
now European health ministers and other
00:34:53
government officials have been meeting in
talking in the past few days about the
00:34:59
virus What are they talking about what are
they saying you're right they met week
00:35:05
you need only to try to
level up right. By be.
00:36:23
The concern with the public.
00:36:30
Health experts. Exactly and also something
that's been mentioned right now you
00:36:36
don't have any travel ban to China you
don't have any travel bans you really for
00:36:40
example so people do go but when they come
back and they travel to certain zone.
00:36:47
Where the virus is very accurate then they
can be played so you have somebody in
00:36:52
your own versioning French people thing
maybe we should prevent people from
00:36:56
traveling to you know. Trying to create
quarantine when people come back now as
00:37:02
journalists Nicholas Pino in Paris speaking
with delays Cape Town Dawson after
00:37:09
19 years of
00:37:10
a grueling conflict that has claimed the
lives of more than 100000 people the war
00:37:15
in Afghanistan may be finally coming
to an end so far all sides seem to be
00:37:20
respecting an agreement to reduce violence
00:37:23
a partial truce that came into effect last
Saturday but as we always Aisha Tanzim
00:37:28
reports said initial political crisis has
threatened to derail the process this
00:37:33
summer pull check post on the Kabul Kandahar
highway used to constantly be under
00:37:38
attack by the polyphonic since the start
of the partial truth the soldiers guarding
00:37:44
the post are breathing
00:37:46
a sigh of relief. To face relentless attacks
every day Every night we faced immense
00:37:52
difficulties now things are much better
the same is true for some keepers in the
00:37:58
Rani bazaar and one of that province they've
even increased their business I was I
00:38:04
used to close my shop if you're
worried about now that there is
00:38:07
a ceasefire I close my shop at 6 pm to
go and have not heard any gunfire last
00:38:12
Friday after 19 years of war the United
States and the Taliban agreed to
00:38:17
a weeklong partial truths at the end
of it if all goes well they will sign
00:38:24
a deal on the 29th of February and cut
there's capital Doha the deal outlines
00:38:30
a road map for the Woodrow. All of Us
troops from Afghanistan one of President
00:38:36
Donald Trump's campaign promise else we
don't want to talk it also requires the
00:38:41
polygon to negotiate with other cons
including the government on the future
00:38:46
direction of their countrymen.
In Washington u.s.
00:38:50
Secretary of state Mike pump ales said
Tuesday July the goal is to reach an OS
00:38:55
consul Lucian and our mission set is
very clear we want to assist and provide
00:39:01
structure so that the Afghans can all to
make it an outcome that is led by Afghanis
00:39:06
driven by Afghanis and has
00:39:07
a long term solution that all the people
of Afghanistan can live with but the
00:39:11
upcoming government is in turmoil following
presidential elections in which 2
00:39:16
candidates incumbent a
chef funny and rival
00:39:20
a boomer I do love have declared.
The bitter standoff comes at
00:39:25
a time when I ask on politicians should
be building consensus on how to negotiate
00:39:30
with the polygon says analyst Michael
Kugler and yet at that very moment when you
00:39:35
most need that common united front these
longstanding divides within the hour and
00:39:41
political class have been exacerbated
because of this political crisis coming out
00:39:44
of the election giving Yes but that seems
to come together in one entity team to
00:39:51
negotiate with the problem beyond was
already difficult observers say this crisis
00:39:57
has just added to it I
should then seem n.w.
00:40:02
Islamic Jihad running u.s.
00:40:04
Secretary of state Mike Pompei all this
week urged Iraqi prime minister designate
00:40:09
Mohamed Alawi to protect u.s.
00:40:11
Troops and stressed Iraq's obligation to
protect American and coalition diplomats
00:40:17
forces and facilities but they also pressed
Iraq's new government to end violence
00:40:22
against the thousands of protesters who
have gathered in Baghdad and addressed
00:40:26
their grievances Iraqi lawmakers have
scheduled for a vote of confidence. Allow
00:40:32
a government schedule for Thursday freeways
Ahmed El Shaarawy spoke with my Arlo
00:40:38
Dani former Iraqi military attache in
Washington about the vote of no confidence
00:40:43
and the pressure the government faces
between anti-government protesters who want
00:40:47
foreign troops out and its ally the United
States actually what the problem this
00:40:53
request is to remind the designated prime
minister of government responsibilities
00:40:59
and duties towards the u.s.
00:41:02
Call ition forces as well as the
diplomatic missions in Iraq that departing
00:41:08
government has failed to deliver its
obligations as they have many times declared
00:41:13
that there are obliged to protect the u.s.
00:41:16
And coalition forces facilities as
00:41:18
a result of that relation has been critically
intense due to its collation between
00:41:24
the u.s.
00:41:24
And peeling in militias supported by Iran
that ended in exchanging the shelling and
00:41:30
to try to expand altimetry the Iraqi part
in the decision to being banned from the
00:41:35
prime minister to remove the u.s.
Forces from Iraq and the u.s.
00:41:39
Administration would like to turn
00:41:41
a new page with the new government in order
to restore the copper ration and the
00:41:46
relation to normal both governments value
the importance of keeping diplomatic
00:41:50
military and economic ties it's
also essential for the u.s.
00:41:55
And Iraq government human to in the
relations at the highest level as there are
00:41:59
many common interests to be achieved in
the new terms and the future I think both
00:42:04
countries also are partners
in fighting ISIS the u.s.
00:42:08
Is all Blish to build and protect
democracy in Iraq and the u.s.
00:42:12
Is
00:42:12
a crucial player and building the capacity
of your Rocky institution so I think this
00:42:17
is one of the conversations that set forth
the beginning to Prime Minister from the
00:42:23
u.s.
00:42:23
Administration so he would gain some kind
of support when he will be getting the
00:42:29
vote to assume there's. Sponsibility So is
Iraq capable of honoring this obligation
00:42:36
when angry pro Iran protesters that have
been in the streets calling for u.s.
00:42:40
Troops withdrawal I think the
crowd who is calling for the u.s.
00:42:44
Forces with
00:42:45
a drawl in the street has been mop alive
by the Shiite political party due to the
00:42:51
recent escalation between the u.s.
00:42:53
And Iran I think you're not
00:42:55
a government is not entirely in control of
the arm of the groups that belong to the
00:43:00
Shia party therefore some political parties
are more powerful than the government
00:43:05
but I trust the new government and the
most 6 players would consider the politics
00:43:10
of channels to understand
the importance of the u.s.
00:43:13
Presence in Iraq to defeat ISIS and build
the security forces capabilities it all
00:43:19
depends on the new government bullet you
to move things forward and compromise the
00:43:24
tension around the u.s.
00:43:26
Forces
00:43:26
a presence in Iraq Pompeo and so emphasize
their Jency with which Iraq's new government
00:43:32
must put an end to the killing of protesters
and their grievances What do you make
00:43:38
of that the prime minister has
00:43:40
a speak to trust on bringing all fall in
killing the protesters to give justice to
00:43:46
independent and transparent investigation
so I think Secretary pump you should try
00:43:52
to think on the new government to hold the
protesters killers accountable and bring
00:43:57
them to justice also to address the
grievances of the demonstrations are you see
00:44:01
this is a statement as
00:44:02
a candidate and also to designate prime
minister to accomplish so he may win the
00:44:09
u.s. Support so he can walk with the u.s.
00:44:12
Administration to normalize the situation
in Iraq Iraqi lawmakers decided to
00:44:18
schedule
00:44:19
a vote of confidence for the government
of our Larry Thursday with the parliament
00:44:23
vote in favor apparently the designated the
prime minister is trying to appointing
00:44:29
nonpartisans and technocrat cap
and he is free. I think some
00:44:32
a politician from Politico but people
demand reporter mation of The Politico. By
00:44:39
removing the secretary and quote so
00:44:42
a new political party would. Put the
party the kind of friend creation that
00:44:49
people 2nd there are and not to tolerate
more like Ultimately the prime minister
00:44:55
has to compromise with the political party
before the comet about which. Will be in
00:45:01
favor of the cap and that was
00:45:03
a. Former Iraqi military
attache speaking to v.o.a.
00:45:08
Senior analyst Mohamed El
Shaarawy and later on the program
00:45:13
a senior South Sudanese official has
rejected criticism that his country is
00:45:18
a serious violator of human rights and
00:45:20
a speech to the un human rights council
of the official said facts prove the
00:45:25
opposite to be true you're
listening to v.o.a.
00:45:28
News. This is. The number of
00:45:35
studies and previously linked the consumption
of sugary drinks with increased risks
00:45:40
of death from a wide range of causes
00:45:42
a new study published in The Journal of
the American Heart Association provides
00:45:46
evidence that drinking around $355.00
millimeters of sugary drinks more than once
00:45:51
a day is connected to
00:45:52
a couple of factors that can contribute
to cardiovascular disease the study finds
00:45:57
that among middle aged to older adults
drinking sugar sweetened beverages can lower
00:46:01
levels of age the good cholesterol which
helps remove bad cholesterol from the
00:46:06
bloodstream while increasing levels of
triglycerides another type of fat found in
00:46:11
the blood the study also shows that drinking
most calorie sweetened beverages were
00:46:15
up to 355000000 liters of 100 percent fruit
juice every day one of the associated
00:46:21
with increased risks were adverse effects
of elevated fats and cholesterol in the
00:46:26
bloodstream I envy you
always Rick Bandolero.
00:46:35
Relays international edition continues
I'm Steve Miller at least 20 people have
00:46:40
been killed in the Indian capital during
violent clashes between Hindu and Muslims
00:46:45
groups over a new citizenship
law that's according to
00:46:49
a hospital official speaking to Reuters
news even as an eerie calm has ascended in
00:46:54
the riot torn areas on Wednesday mortars
Soria I Lay has that story. For
00:47:01
example the riots sparked by its controversial
new citizenship law in the West and
00:47:05
many violent protests since the was 1st
proposed and by the debate over shouted
00:47:10
u.s.
00:47:10
President Donald Trump's visit to. New
Delhi Police used tear gas and snicker an
00:47:16
aide to dispense stone throwing crowds.
Hospital officials told Reuters they had
00:47:22
treated as
00:47:22
a 200 people since the fighting 1st
intensified on Monday many suffering severe
00:47:27
injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
broke his silence on the mass on Wednesday
00:47:33
appealing for peace between Hindus and
Muslims. Below and nouns by midges
00:47:39
nationalist government makes it easier
for the non Muslims from neighboring
00:47:43
countries to gain Indian citizenship.
It has reignited longstanding tensions
00:47:48
between the country's Hindu and
minority missing plane. And side u.s.
00:47:55
President Donald Trump's 1st official visit
to India when they pulled out all the
00:48:00
stops in the hopes of securing
00:48:01
a trade deal. From Platts India on cheese
day with the sale of $3000000000.00 worth
00:48:07
of military equipment and promise to conclude
trade talks promptly anti is for the
00:48:11
. At least that was Reuters reporter.
Kenya has for the 1st time
00:48:18
allowed the informal visit of
00:48:20
a un envoy on extra da schol summary or
arbitrary executions and his column on
00:48:26
Afrin should human rights expert met with
the relatives. Police killings in Nairobi
00:48:31
slums where hundreds of cases have left
relatives and friends of victims feeling
00:48:35
powerless bore reports from
Nairobi 60 year old if
00:48:41
a quintal close to Ohio age children in
2018 just months apart when police in broad
00:48:47
daylight shot them dead she admits has Times
got into some trouble but she says it
00:48:53
was nothing that would walk on to the use
of lethal force Apple as well but again
00:48:58
sequel with my marketing idea wife when
she says robot had never been arrested of
00:49:04
taken to jail no one ever called to tell
me he had been arrested or taken someone's
00:49:09
car and I know that my son had
00:49:11
a temper if your own team he would beat you
up he did my 2nd son there was nothing
00:49:17
major he had done maybe getting into
little fights here and there the debts are
00:49:22
just 2 of hundreds of cases of police
killings that Ken rights groups have
00:49:26
documented this month I quietly should've
Kennon rights groups reported police left
00:49:31
the island killed
00:49:32
a $107.00 people most of them young poor
men in slums shot to bit at a suspicious
00:49:38
a constant. Running
00:49:40
a mouse it's on the board of Amnesty
International Kenya when we stop recognize.
00:49:46
These these gangs these oxygen additional
killings when we say that nothing is
00:49:52
changing and devil we will not documented
we acquiesce. To these killings
00:49:59
Prescot accuse Kenya's independent policy
oversight authority of not doing enough
00:50:04
to stop the killings I posses
00:50:06
a 100 in 42 cases from last Dia under
investigation but admits only 6 police
00:50:12
officers have been sent to the public
prosecutor who says few witnesses are willing
00:50:17
to come forward noting hygene is Kenya's
Director of Public Prosecutions we have
00:50:23
community outreach and yet reaching out to
00:50:25
a lot of these communities affected
by this problem trying to censor.
00:50:36
We are trying to. Understand
their rights. He.
00:50:44
Just. Can't get this month for the 1st time
allowed the informal visit of the u.s.
00:50:50
Envoy on extrajudicial somebody or
00:50:53
a Brittany executions Agnes Cullum eyed
she met Phillip to the police victims in
00:50:58
their o.b.e.
00:50:58
In Mumbai and she called
and. To do more why not. And
00:51:09
. That's the 2nd killing and not.
00:51:20
Letting the victims hope the u.n.
00:51:21
Envoy his visit will help advance the
wheels of justice made away activists say
00:51:27
they'll keep documented and publishing
police killings until they no longer have to
00:51:32
do so right on board for v.o.a.
00:51:34
News that will be
00:51:36
a senior South Sudanese official has
rejected criticism that his country is
00:51:40
a serious violator of human rights
is a shrine reports that in
00:51:44
a speech the un Human Rights Council the
official said facts prove the opposite to
00:51:49
be true director general from algae lateral
affairs of South Sudan Samuel watt De
00:51:55
Lorenzo praises the decisions and compromises
made by his government he says this
00:52:01
is enabled the formation of
00:52:03
a national unity government in the interest
of sustainable peace and stability he
00:52:09
says his government isn't forcing the
agreement by negotiating peace with the South
00:52:14
Sudan opposition alliance at the same time
he says peace talks taking place with
00:52:20
Sudan in the capital Juba are making progress
he says efforts to improve the human
00:52:26
rights situation in this country are moving
ahead and the. This he says belies the
00:52:31
u.n.
00:52:31
Council's depiction of South Sudan as the
worst country on Earth in terms of human
00:52:37
rights violations he says this is contrary
to the realities on the ground my
00:52:43
government would like to report it.
Sudan has given rule take. And
00:52:50
norms with compared to respect.
00:53:02
Dignity. Over part published last week
by the un Commission on Human Rights in
00:53:09
South Sudan describes in detail what it
calls the widespread and pervasive sexual
00:53:15
and gender based violence in the country
the report accuses both the government and
00:53:20
opposition of deliberately starving the
population as a tactic of war the u.n.
00:53:26
Commission is scathing in its criticism of
the government which is says is riddled
00:53:31
with corruption the South Sudanese government
did not respond to the report at the
00:53:36
time of its release and during his address
to the council. Also did not acknowledge
00:53:43
the report and its findings Instead
he continued to stress the positive
00:53:48
developments in improvements in the human
rights situation in this country he
00:53:53
called on the council to remove South
Sudan from Item 4 which looks into human
00:53:58
rights abuses in specific countries
reserved for those deemed to be the worst
00:54:04
violators countries that will come up for
review under that item during this month
00:54:09
long session include North Korea the in
March South Sudan Iran Burundi Syria and
00:54:15
that is the way no Lisa shrine for v.o.a.
00:54:18
News Geneva imagine how life could
change for so many people who needed the
00:54:24
replacement organ if
scientists could just print
00:54:26
a new one that works as exactly one of
the projects scientists at Wake Forest
00:54:31
Institute for Regenerative
Medicine are working on 3 d.
00:54:35
Bio printed human organs has
00:54:38
a back let's has the story from Winston
Salem North Carolina in this report
00:54:43
narrated by Anna Rice we're printing
and so patient had lost his left ear.
00:54:52
And of his right ear and near. It
is so that we can $35.00 prints of
00:54:55
a new year attaching them is
still theoretical but these 3 d.
00:54:59
Printers can print
00:55:00
a workable human organs like this year
scientists here at the Wake Forest Institute
00:55:06
for generative medicine in North Carolina
are working towards the day when they can
00:55:11
print all kinds of replacement
organs it takes about 3 and
00:55:14
a half hours to create an ear
and it will be attached using
00:55:18
a special solution made from the patient's
cells when they get it to work it could
00:55:23
revolutionize the science of Borgen
trains planes we basically categorize the
00:55:29
complexity of the organs from flat to solid.
With flat structure such as skin being
00:55:35
the least complex similar structures like
blood vessels being the 2nd level of
00:55:40
complexity how
00:55:42
a non-trivial are organised like the bladder
or the stomach being the 3rd level and
00:55:46
solid organs being by far the most complex
certainly. The donor shortage is very
00:55:53
serious you know there are so many
patients on the waitlist right now and
00:55:56
regenerative medicine is really
00:55:58
a strategy that hopefully will help us to
the present number of patients who are on
00:56:03
the transplant list the process
begins one finds is the take
00:56:07
a small piece of tissue from the patient
the next step is to create the desired
00:56:12
shape or frame for the
tissue this is with 3 d.
00:56:15
Printers come into play and alongside
them the procedure known as electrodes
00:56:20
thinning
00:56:21
a fiber production method which uses
electric force to create artificial blood
00:56:26
vessels these are Electra spinners
and the way that it works is
00:56:32
we have a solution of bio material
00:56:38
a certain type of polymer. In
00:56:42
a syringe that's being very slowly
pushed out with a syringe pump we have
00:56:47
a rod here that goes through.
This apparatus over here. And it
00:56:54
rotates and moves back and forth and
the idea is that the solution is
00:57:00
deposited on to the rod and it can form
00:57:04
a 2 next finances to test the
artificial blood vessel by imitating
00:57:09
a post we put inside
00:57:11
a bioreactor So what we've done was we've
taken the blood vessel right here we've
00:57:16
hooked it up to the bowel
reactor which is attached to
00:57:20
a pump and it's basically Paulson flow
back and forth through the blood vessel to
00:57:26
emulate the beating of the heart. And so
you can see if you look closely the blood
00:57:32
vessel is opening and
closing things to 3 d.
00:57:35
By printing find this can create more complex
human organs as well they're used in
00:57:41
this so-called organ on a chip or
technology this fine centimeter panel is
00:57:47
a tiny model of
00:57:48
a human body each chamber contains
tissues from various organs such models
00:57:54
a mostly used for testing new drugs for
unknown side effects and even how the
00:57:59
effect each patient individually in
00:58:01
a near future I'll say what is going to
happen is you're going to come to the
00:58:05
hospital they're going to take
00:58:07
a small sum perform your scan and as that
as the doctor is making your diagnosis on
00:58:12
your own your prognosis and everything
00:58:15
a lab group is going to be building
20 to 40 bursars of view of chips
00:58:21
find is can see how long clinical trials
are going to take exactly but they hope
00:58:27
that in some 30 to 40 years
their inventions will be
00:58:30
a regular part of people's everyday life.
In Winston Salem North Carolina and here
00:58:36
I see you news and that's going to do it
for us today you've been listening to
00:58:41
international edition on The Voice of
America on behalf of our director Tracy
00:58:46
Carter an engineer Kelvin Fowler thank you
very much for listening Be sure to visit
00:58:51
our website for in-depth coverage
of world. Venza News 24 hours
00:58:56
a day of below News dot com Until next
time I'm Steve Miller in Washington have
00:59:02
a great day.
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